All Integrated care articles – Page 6
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The only way is reconfiguration
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Integrated Care Initiative of the Year
Partnered by Winner HMR Local Care Organisation Putting Communities At The Heart Of Decision Making Through System Integration And Learning
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NewsDemand for ICB job cuts ‘wasteful, in every sense’ says Streeting
The shadow health secretary has criticised the “wasteful” way in which integrated care boards were set up and hit with cuts shortly afterwards.
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NewsSocial care staff doing NHS work ‘unfunded’
Social care staff are undertaking activities that would have previously been done by the NHS on an unfunded basis, report 70 per cent of adult social services directors.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Place-Based Partnership & Integrated Care Award
Winner Walsall Together Walsall Together – Collaborating for Happier Communities
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CommentTop ICB boss defends his 'muscular leadership' style
NHS Blithering is rocked to its foundations as allegations of bullying emerge involving veteran leader Sir Trevor Longstay, writes Julian Patterson
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CommentICS teething troubles are the price they must pay for success
Richard Taunt says ‘grounded hope’ about integrated care systems might hold the key to their success.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Baby steps again on specialised services
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsJohnson claims ‘NHS failure to grip discharges forced lockdown’
Boris Johnson has claimed he was ‘forced… to lock down the country… because the NHS and social services had failed to grip… delayed discharges’, it has emerged.
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NewsICBs face £5.5m cost for CQC assessments
The Care Quality Commission is planning to charge integrated care boards up to £290,000 each annually to fund system inspections, it has revealed in consultation documents.
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CommentDiagnostic hubs are expensive and unnecessary
Forget capital-draining diagnostic hubs for eye care, sorting out proper IT connectivity between primary and secondary care is where real gains for patients (and the taxpayer) can be made, writes Adam Sampson
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NewsJoint CEO for trusts with £2bn turnover
A joint chief executive has been appointed across three acute trusts in the East Midlands in the next stage of their “formal collaboration”.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Trust’s concern over ‘short-term’ funding agreements
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed providing mental health support to NHS staff
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. The covid pandemic has left many NHS staff with long-lasting psychological scars. These, along with the pressures of working in a healthcare system under strain, has created increased demand for mental health support. Until ...
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how ICSs can navigate the EPR landscape for improved information flow, and what part convergence plays in this
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. NHS England has called on integrated care systems to support the “convergence” of electronic patient records in order to allow better flow of information between organisations. But what does this look like in a landscape ...
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CommentThe NHS is forgetting stroke survivors
To meet rising demand, enhance recovery, reduce costs, and ensure every survivor thrives, the UK needs equitable, personalized, and accessible life after stroke services
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HSJ PartnersMobilising Health and Social Care Data to Reduce Health Inequalities
The April 2023 publication of the Hewitt review, an independent, government-commissioned review of integrated care systems in the UK, revealed staggering statistics relating to the financial and social impact of health inequalities. Defined by the NHS as “unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population, and between different groups ...
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ Webinar discussed using data to tackle health inequalities
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. Reducing health inequalities is one of the key tasks of integrated care boards with a statutory duty to “have regard” to reducing health inequalities. Many will be focused on the Core20PLUS5 approach adopted ...
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News‘Management bandwidth’ is slowing integration, says minister
Integration is being slowed down in some areas by a lack of ‘management bandwidth’ in systems dealing with competing pressures, a minister has said.